title: "We never ate like that, not fast food, or junk foods": accounts of changing maternal diet in a tourist community in rural Costa Rica.
abstract: This investigation examines maternal diet in rural Costa Rica in the context of recent political economic changes. Results show that increased availability of non-local food items, (i.e., pizza and processed foods) has influenced maternal dietary choices. Information pathways, which have traditionally provided women with knowledge about maternal diet from family members, are also shifting. Younger women turn to the local clinic and the media for information about maternal diet, and traditional practices, such as cuarentena (40-day postpartum period), are no longer being observed. Changing practices may be linked with shifting information pathways, as well as self-reported weight gain among women.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Anthropology , University of South Florida , Tampa , Florida , USA.
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cantor
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peña
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Himmelgreen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003364:Costa Rica; D003469:Culture; D004032:Diet; D005190:Family; D057140:Fast Foods; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005523:Food Supply; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D057226:Information Seeking Behavior; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012424:Rural Population; D012922:Social Change; D015430:Weight Gain; D055815:Young Adult